Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

Lord Morris of Manchester: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether a lump sum award under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme may be placed in a personal injury trust; and, if so, whether the award would then be disregarded for state benefit calculations, particularly the calculation of care, mobility and housing awards.

Lord Drayson: The rules of the Armed Forces compensation scheme do not prevent an individual placing an award in a personal injury trust. It is for the individual in receipt of an award to decide how he or she wishes to use it. Such an award, whether or not it is placed in a trust fund, does not affect entitlement to either the care component or the mobility component of disability living allowance. In addition, capital in trust funds that derives from payment in compensation for personal injury may be disregarded for the purposes of assessing entitlement to income-related benefits. However, the detailed application of the relevant rules is a matter on which the individual should seek advice from the Department for Work and Pensions or from one of the ex-service organisations which can assist on such matters.

Army: Infantry Manning Levels

Lord Astor of Hever: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	how many infantry personnel are required to maintain present manning figures; and whether these figures are being met.

Lord Drayson: The current trained regular strength of the infantry is 25,030, against a requirement of 24,420, a current surplus of 610 personnel. This surplus will reduce as the future Army structure (FAS) is implemented.
	To maintain current manning levels at the required establishment the Army has a training output target to the infantry of 2,835 personnel for the financial year 2005–06. Research has shown that high employment, attractive alternatives in further education and negative portrayal of the Army in the media will mean that achieving this target will prove challenging. Although an increase in marketing effort has produced a high level of interest, the impact on recruiting has yet to show.

Avian Flu

Lord Morris of Manchester: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	When they expect to announce the outcome of their consideration of ways of minimising vaccine production times in addressing the risk of an avian influenza pandemic.

Lord Warner: United Kingdom planning for an influenza pandemic, including the development of vaccine strategies, is ongoing work and will continue to progress. There are some technical limitations in reducing vaccine production times, and it is likely to take at least four to six months until vaccine starts to become available. We are continuing to work closely with manufacturers, the World Health Organisation, the European Commission and other countries to ensure that a vaccine can be developed as quickly as possible once a pandemic flu strain emerges and to put arrangements in place to ensure production of vaccine for the UK population.
	Any changes to current policy arising from the development of the vaccine strategy will be announced in due course.

Biometric Readers

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 July (WA 90), why biometric passports are being presented as a precursor for identification cards given that their respective introductions require different technologies; and, in these circumstances, what the implications will be for the eventual cost of an identification card.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Biometric passports—that is, passports which incorporate a digital facial image or fingerprints, or both—are being planned by many countries. The EU, for example, has agreed a regulation on the incorporation of both facial image and fingerprints into the EU common format passport. Passports and identity cards fulfil different functions, although identity cards are in some cases accepted as travel documents, as in the case with EU nationals travelling on identity cards issued by their respective member states which are accepted for travel within the EU. (The plans to introduce identity cards in the United Kingdom are not dependent on the development of new technology for passports.) However, because we intend to link the issue of identity cards to the issue of passports, we have given the indicative cost of the two documents together in the regulatory impact assessment for the Identity Cards Bill. Most of the cost will be due to the increased cost of enhanced security features in passports. The regulatory impact assessment explains the relationship between the costs of biometric passports and the costs of identity cards.

Biometric Readers

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 July (WA 90), whether identification card, passport and visa readers will need to have the capability to read all types of biometric identifiers as proposed in the Identity Cards Bill; and, if so, whether adequate account has been taken of this in their assumption that identification card readers will cost between £250 and £270.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Card readers will vary in specification and capability dependent on the requirements of user organisations. The range of costs published in the Identity Cards Bill regulatory impact assessment takes account of the variety of readers and usage scenarios.

Biometric Readers

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 July (HL819), whether the machine-readable passports including biometric identifiers which they intend to introduce will achieve compliance with the common international standard set out by the International Civil Aviation Organisation; and, if so, how and to what extent other countries are interpreting that standard differently from the United Kingdom.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The current UK passports are machine readable travel documents (MRTDs) and include biometric identifiers that comply with the standards for such documents set out by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The UK Passport Service intends to introduce passports (ePassports) that include a contactless chip that is to contain the same biometric identifiers in a format laid down and agreed by ICAO's New Technology Working Group (NTWG). There is a clear determination for countries to apply the ICAO standards consistently and we are actively participating in activities to ensure this is the case. The interoperability of ePassports has been strongly considered and a number of trials have been held with a further trial expected later this year.

Biometric Readers

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 July (WA 90), whether, given their working assumption that identification card readers will cost between £250 and £270, due account has been taken of potential infrastructure costs.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The current cost quoted in the Identity Cards Bill Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) for identification card readers (which is estimated to fall between £250–£750 depending upon required performance and sophistication) does not include an estimate for local infrastructure costs as in many cases the readers will be able to make use of existing local infrastructure. The costs of the central infrastructure related to the verification network have been accounted for elsewhere within the scheme cost estimates and the £584 million average annual running cost estimate published in the RIA makes an allowance for this.

Biometric Readers

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 July (WA 90), what developments are currently in train to design passport and visa readers to anticipate documents and biometric identifiers that may be introduced in the future.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: United Kingdom Government officials have attended a number of international conferences and trials of biometric-enabled electronic chips in passports in the past two years. These have included trials held in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United States of America. Such fora are intended to give those countries planning to issue biometric passports the opportunity to test the passports they have developed and for manufacturers to test their technology. This approach has encouraged manufacturers to develop technology designed to offer both future-proofing to support prospective developments in this field and interoperability between systems. EU member states participating in the biometric visa regulation are awaiting the results of a project run by the French and Belgians. The results of this will inform further developments of biometrics in this area.

Cabinet Office: Secondments

Baroness Wilcox: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many individuals are currently on secondment to the Cabinet Office; in each case, what is the position held; and from which organisation or company the individual is seconded.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The Cabinet Office employed 26 people as at 1 April 2005 on secondment from outside the Civil Service. The positions held and parent organisations are set out in the table.
	
		
			 Position Held Parent Organisation 
			 Deputy Director BT 
			 Project Leader Public Sector Team North Tyneside Council 
			 Regulatory Change Manager HSBC 
			 Regulatory Change Manager AMS 
			 Senior Policy Adviser IBM 
			 Policy Adviser Environment Agency 
			 Communications Industry 
			 Co-ordination British Telecom 
			 Director, Performance Unilever 
			 Deputy Director Croydon Council 
			 Senior Research Consultant Whithead Mann 
			 Head of Civil Service Selection Board Hays 
			 Private Secretary to Head of PMDU University of London 
			 Joint Action Leader Guys and St Thomas'   Hospital 
			 Joint Action Leader PriceWaterhouseCoopers 
			 Problem Solver Audit Commission 
			 Team Member—Home Office Accenture 
			 Principle Policy Adviser, Pay and   Workforce London Borough of   Camden 
			 Policy Adviser Deloitte 
			 Policy Adviser National Consumer  Council 
			 Business Planning Secondee Fujitsu Services 
			 Project Secondee Department of Premier   and Cabinet—South   Australia 
			 Economist Bank of England 
			 Economic Adviser Frontier Economics 
			 Policy Adviser Social Market   Foundation 
			 Adviser on Parliamentary Procedure House of Commons 
			 Parliamentary Support Officer House of Lords

Coal Mining Museums

Lord Fearn: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many former coalmines in England and Wales are now working museums viewed by the general public.

Lord Davies of Oldham: This information is based on the number of museums that have been accredited under the Museums, Libraries and Archives Accreditation scheme.
	Former coal mines in England and Wales now working museums viewed by the general public:
	The total number of museums with underground workings open to visitors is three: The National Coal Mining Museum of England, Wakefield, Yorkshire; Snibston Discovery Centre, Coalville, Leicestershire; and Big Pit (part of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales).

Community Interest Companies

Lord Taylor of Warwick: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many organisations have applied for Community Interest Company (CIC) Status.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: The Community Interest Regulations 2005 and Part 2 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 came into force on 1 July 2005, and the regulator's office is now open for applications. To date over 350 organisations have registered an interest in community interest companies and have been kept aware of recent developments.

Department of Trade and Industry: Helen Liddell

Lord Hanningfield: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Sainsbury of Turville on 29 June (WA 25–26), what other officials from the department the right honourable Helen Liddell has met; what position was held by each; what subjects were discussed; and whether a minute was taken of each meeting.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: I refer my noble friend to the Answer I gave on 29 June (Official Report, Cols. WA25–26). In addition to the meetings held with Ministers, the Chief Scientific Officer and the chief executive of UKTI, a number of further meetings have been held with officials. It is not the department's policy to reveal the names of anybody below heads of department. All of the meetings concentrated on topics relating to Australia.
	Meeting notes were taken for the meetings held with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Chief Scientific Officer.

Department of Trade and Industry: Helen Liddell

Lord Hanningfield: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether any representative, official or Minister from the Department of Trade and Industry met or had any contact with the right honourable Helen Liddell between May 2003 and 5 May 2005; and what subjects were discussed.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: No meetings took place between Ministers from the Department of Trade and Industry with the right honourable Helen Liddell between these dates. A search of the department's records for any contact at official level could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.

Economic Migrants

Viscount Waverley: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many illegal long-term economic migrants there have been in the United Kingdom in each of the past five years; and
	How many illegal short-term economic migrants there have been in the United Kingdom in each of the past five years.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Information on the number of illegal migrants in the UK, who are either long or short-term economic migrants, in each of the past five years is not available. No government have ever been able to produce an accurate figure for the number of people who are in the country illegally. By its very nature it is impossible to quantify accurately, and that remains the case. Although it is impossible to determine accurately how many people are in the UK illegally, on 30 June 2005 the Home Office published a report which included an estimate of the size of the illegal migrant population in the UK in 2001. It should be noted that the report included an estimate, not an accurate or definitive figure. As mentioned in the report, the only method to estimate the size of the unauthorised migrant population in the UK that currently can sensibly be applied is the residual method. As the method relies on data from the Census of the Population undertaken every 10 years, it is not possible to produce an estimate for a more recent year. A copy of the RDS online report 29/05—Sizing the unauthorised (illegal) migrant population in the United Kingdom in 2001 can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/notes/June—summaries.html.

Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate

The Lord Bishop of Winchester: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What steps they have taken, other than by way of the ASE Consulting Project—Review of XNP Services, to study how the Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate can continue to deliver high quality, cost effective services to Ministers and to industry.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: In addition to the XNP services review report, the Export Control Organisation has a range of continuous improvement projects in train to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate

The Lord Bishop of Winchester: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What assessment they have made of the possibility that those states which look to the United Kingdom to provide a lead in arms export control might replicate the full or part-privatisation of the Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate's services.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: If we decide to outsource some, or all, of our export control services we would consult with our international partners as necessary with a view to encouraging a common understanding of the UK's decision and any implications for partners.

Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate

The Lord Bishop of Winchester: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What assessment they have made of the impact that the full or part-privatisation of the Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate's services would have on the export licence denial notification systems of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports and the Wassenaar arrangement.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: We assess that any outsourcing would have no impact on the denial notification systems.

Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate

The Lord Bishop of Winchester: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether, in the light of views expressed in the ASE Consulting Project—Review of XNP Services, the Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate after its recent headcount reduction provides the necessary minimum level of service.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: The Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate continues to provide an effective and efficient service.

General Practitioners: Slimming on Referral

Earl Howe: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What advice and assistance is made available to encourage general practitioners to take advantage through practice-based commissioning of evidence-based schemes such as slimming on referral.

Lord Warner: No specific advice has been issued to general practitioners on referral issues in the context of practice-based commissioning. However, practice-based commissioning does provide the opportunity for GPs to take more responsibility for the commissioning of evidence-based services for patients.
	In addition, the White Paper Choosing Health made a commitment to assess the role that the independent sector, including validated programmes such as slimming on referral, can play in providing effective behaviour-change programmes.

Government Departments: Electronic Attack

Lord Harris of Haringey: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Who are the Ministers responsible for information security in each government department; and which Minister has overall responsibility for information security in the critical national infrastructure; and
	How many compromises of information systems there have been as a result of viruses, worms, or other forms of electronic attack in each government department, and its associated agencies, in each of the past two years; and whether they will provide details of each incident affecting more than 100 computers or terminals; and
	What progress is being made in preparing a national incident plan to respond in the event of an electronic attack on the critical national infrastructure.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Almost every day government departments are subjected to electronic attacks of varying intensity. Most are stopped at the perimeter or have no significant impact. Compromises are defined as a denial of service to users, unauthorised system modification, or egress of data from networks. Last year NISCC assisted various departments in dealing with 25 incidents of compromise. Of these incidents, 14 were malicious software infections, four were denial of service attacks, and seven were website defacements. However, departments also handled a range of incidents themselves, without direct assistance from NISCC. Details of the size of individual networks are not held by NISCC. Requests for this kind of information should be directed to individual departments.

Hadrian's Wall

Lord Fearn: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What help has been given through the Heritage Lottery Fund for the preservation of Hadrian's Wall.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The Heritage Lottery Fund has given £20,578,125 for the preservation of Hadrian's Wall through seventeen projects.

Haemophilia: Creuzfeldt-Jacob Disease

Lord Morris of Manchester: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 25 May (WA8), what information the Department of Health now has on the number of patients with haemophilia whose treatment involved, or could have involved, the use of blood from a donor now known to have had variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

Lord Warner: The exercise to collect information on the number of haemophilia patients considered to be at risk of exposure to plasma products which may be implicated with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is ongoing. This is a complex exercise and it will be some time before the United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Doctors' Organisation can provide this data.

Haemophilia: Recombinant Treatment

Lord Morris of Manchester: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 25 May (WA 8), to how many haemophilia patients in England National Health Service treatment with recombinant products was still unavailable at the latest date for which figures are available.

Lord Warner: All haemophilia patients are now eligible for treatment with recombinant products. Data collected by the United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Doctors' Organisation (UKHCDO) indicates that approximately 83 per cent of haemophilia patients who were eligible for treatment in the second year of the rollout were receiving recombinant treatment by December 2004. The 17 per cent not yet recorded as receiving recombinant treatment are those with low usage identified between April 2002 to March 2003, and therefore may be treated infrequently or have not required treatment.
	This figure is based on the audit data collected for patients who received plasma product identified between April 2002 to March 2003. This is the period that UKHCDO used to help calculate allocations for haemophilia patients for the start of the recombinant roll out.

Heritage Lottery Fund

Lord Fearn: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many Victorian parks have now received a Heritage Lottery Fund grant towards restoration.

Lord Davies of Oldham: Since 1995 the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded over £410 million towards the regeneration of more than 260 public parks through their public parks initiative. The HLF does not record grants to heritage projects in terms of their historical period.

Identity Cards: Biometrics

Baroness Anelay of St Johns: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What is their current estimate of the latest date by which all British citizens will be required to give their fingerprints and biometric information to the authorities as part of an identity card scheme.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: No date has yet been set for a decision on a move to compulsion. There are a number of factors which the Government will consider before laying a draft order containing provision for compulsory registration before Parliament for approval by both Houses. These are explained in Identity Cards: the Next Steps (CM 6020).

Indonesian Earthquakes: Future Response

Baroness Northover: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Following earthquakes on 26 December 2004 and 28 March 2005 off Indonesia, what plans they have to ensure that they and the international community are able to respond to any further earthquakes in this area.

Baroness Amos: The international community, including United Nations agencies, the Red Cross movement, non-governmental organisations and donors stand ready to respond as needed to any further earthquakes in this area.
	It is important that the affected governments and communities are better prepared for all future crises. The part of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in this effort involves having adequate systems in place to provide early warnings of potential natural disasters. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) has set up an interim Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning Centre which involves both the Japan Meteorological Agency and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.
	National contact points have been identified and are managed by the IOC team in Paris. National needs assessments are ongoing and a coherent plan for the final system is due by September this year. It is hoped that the final system will be in place by July 2006. We and other donors such as France, Australia, Japan the United States and the European Commission are awaiting the final design to decide how we might best support them.
	The UK supports the creation of this system and other disaster risk reduction measures. DfID has also allocated £7.5 million for disaster risk reduction measures to tsunami affected countries. This will include support to community-level work to raise awareness of danger signals from early warning systems and ensure they know how to respond best to protect themselves and their families.

Lord Birt

Baroness Wilcox: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether the role of the Lord Birt, as the Prime Minister's strategy adviser, includes offering advice on foreign and military affairs; and
	What has been the work programme of the Lord Birt for each year since his appointment as the Prime Minister's strategy adviser; and
	Whether the level of security clearance accorded to the Prime Minister's strategy adviser, the Lord Birt, allows him access to security briefings and other sensitive information; and
	What reports the Prime Minister's strategy adviser, the Lord Birt, has been working on since the publication of his report on London in July 2003 and the other reports published by the Cabinet Office on 1 July 2005.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The Lord Birt is the Prime Minister's unpaid strategy adviser. He provides the Prime Minister and other Cabinet Ministers with private advice on a range of issues, including London, drugs, crime, education, health and transport. His letter of appointment makes clear that he is bound by the Official Secrets Act. A copy of the letter is available in the Library.

Lord Birt

Baroness Wilcox: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the letter between the Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary and the Lord Birt, published by the Cabinet Office, what are the future terms of reference for the Lord Birt's work as the Prime Minister's strategy adviser; and
	Further to the letter of 1 October 2004 published by the Cabinet Office relating to the extension of the Lord Birt's contract as the Prime Minister's strategy adviser, whether the terms of reference under which the Lord Birt is now working have altered from those contained in the letter of appointment of 5 October 2001.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The terms of reference for Lord Birt's work continue to be to provide the Prime Minister and other Ministers with confidential advice on the long term strategic issues facing Government. Lord Birt is also a member of the Cabinet Office Strategy Board and Civil Service Reform Programme Board.

Lord Birt

Lord Hanningfield: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the letter of 1 October 2004 published by the Cabinet Office relating to the extension of the Lord Birt's contract as the Prime Minister's strategy adviser, whether the Prime Minister or his officials have given the Lord Birt three months' notice of the termination of his appointment.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: No.

McKinsey and Co.

Lord Hanningfield: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many civil servants and political and other advisers within the Cabinet Office and No. 10 Downing Street have attended conferences or seminars organised or held by McKinsey and Company Incorporated in each of the past five years.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: Details of seminars and conferences attended by individuals are not held centrally within the department and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

McKinsey and Co.

Lord Hanningfield: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	On how many occasions in the past five years Mr Dominic Casserley, United Kingdom Managing Partner of McKinsey and Company, has visited No. 10 Downing Street or the Cabinet Office; on each occasion what official or Minister he met; what issues were discussed; and whether an official minute was kept.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The detailed information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

McKinsey and Co.

Lord Hanningfield: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether any existing or previous contracts between McKinsey and Company Incorporated and Monitor, the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts, were awarded on a single tender basis; if so, what were the terms of the contract in question; and why it was awarded on a single tender basis.

Lord Warner: This is a matter for Monitor (the statutory name of which is the Independent Regulator of National Health Service foundation trusts). The chairman will write to the noble Lord and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.

McKinsey and Co: Lord Birt

Lord Hanningfield: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 20 June (WA 158), whether the Prime Minister's strategy adviser, the Lord Birt, has met Mr Ian Davis, Global Managing Director of McKinsey and Company or Mr Dominic Casserley, United Kingdom Managing Partner of McKinsey and Company.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The Lord Birt has not had any meetings with the named individuals on government business.

Ministry of Defence: Land Holdings

Baroness Byford: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What is the total acreage of land owned by the Ministry of Defence in (a) England; (b) Wales; (c) Scotland; and (d) Northern Ireland; and what proportion from each country is green belt land.

Lord Drayson: The total acreage of freehold land and foreshore holdings owned by the Ministry of Defence in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is as follows:
	
		
			 Country Acres Hectares 
			 England 372.5436 171.6 
			 Wales 50.6555 20.5 
			 Scotland 60.7866 24.6 
			 Northern Ireland 6.9188 2.8 
		
	
	Further information and analysis of the figures can be found in Chapter 6 of the 2004 edition of UK Defence Statistics, where the figures are given in hectares but from which the above figures were derived. A copy is held in the House of Lords Library. The information can also be accessed via: http://www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/ukds/2004/c6/secl tab62.html. The Ministry of Defence does not hold information concerning the proportion of specifically Green Belt land it owns.

Museums: World War I and II Ships and Aircraft

Lord Fearn: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many museums in England and Wales are specifically devoted to preserving and displaying (a) ships, and (b) aircraft from the two wars of 1914–18 and 1939–45.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The information covers only those museums that have been accredited by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council as part of their Accreditation Scheme.
	Museums in England and Wales, which preserve and display ships from the two World Wars
	Imperial War Museum—HMS Belfast
	Royal Naval Submarine Museum: Two items—submarines
	Chatham Historic Dockyard—HMS Cavalier
	Hampshire County Council Museums Service is currently restoring a WW1 Gun Boat which will be opened to the public.
	Total number of museums four
	Museums in England and Wales which preserve and display aircraft from the two World Wars
	City of Norwich Aviation Museum
	Museum of Army Flying
	Newark Air Museum
	Norfolk and Suffolk Air Museum RAF Museum Hendon
	RAF Museum Cosford
	Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum
	Imperial War Museum Duxford
	Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
	Yorkshire Air Museum
	Total number of museums 10.

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002: Section 9

Lord Avebury: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 June (WA31), whether they will correct this answer which incorrectly focused on Section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004, instead of Section 9 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: I apologise to the noble Lord for this error. The Answer I gave on 6 June related to Section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004. We hope to implement Section 9 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 by the end of the summer.

Northern Ireland: Lay Magistrates

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many lay magistrates there are in Northern Ireland; what is the average salary for these posts; and what are the comparable figures for England.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: The Lord Chancellor recently appointed 272 people to the new judicial office of lay magistrate in Northern Ireland. They are paid £80 per half day for court sittings and have each committed to an estimated 10 court sittings per year. In England, justices of the peace may claim a loss of earnings allowance, subject to a maximum daily amount, and travel and subsistence expenses resulting from the discharge of their judicial responsibilities.

Olympic Games 2012

Lord Paul: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What is their response to the achievement of London 2012 and the London Development Agency in bringing the Olympic Games to London in 2012; and what support for the Games they will offer.

Lord Davies of Oldham: Securing the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games is a huge honour and the whole Government are delighted with this momentous achievement.
	London 2012 and all of the bid's partners, including the London Development Agency, have demonstrated extraordinary dedication and should be congratulated on their success.
	London's bid for the 2012 Games received unequivocal Government support and commitment, as noted in the IOC Evaluation Commission's report in June 2005. The Government will continue to work closely with other stakeholders in the coming years to ensure that the best Games ever are delivered in London in 2012.

Olympic Games 2012

Lord Moynihan: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they propose to increase the funding for British Gymnastics by UK Sport to ensure that British gymnasts have a securely-funded seven-year performance plan to prepare for the London Olympic Games in 2012.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The level of funding to be provided to British Gymnastics by UK Sport for the four-year Beijing Olympic cycle has already been agreed based on a "no compromise" investment strategy to deliver increased medal success at these Games.
	The level of funding for gymnastics beyond Beijing to London, as with all other sports, will be considered in light of the ability of the sport to deliver medal success and the available financial resources.

Olympic Games 2012

Lord Moynihan: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they propose to increase the funding for England Hockey to ensure that British hockey players have a securely-funded seven-year performance plan to prepare for the London Olympic Games in 2012.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The level of funding to be provided to England Hockey by Sport England for the four-year Beijing Olympic cycle has already been determined based upon the Whole Sport Plan submitted by the governing body. England Hockey has appealed against the funding decision, but the process and decision was upheld by independent audit.
	The level of funding for hockey beyond Beijing to London, as with all other sports, will be considered in light of the ability of the sport to deliver medal success and the available financial resources.

Olympic Games 2012

Lord Moynihan: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will revoke the ban which prevents licensed and supervised .22 pistol shooters from training in the United Kingdom so that British sport shooters will be able to prepare for the London Olympic Games in 2012 without having to travel abroad.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The Home Office does not propose to repeat the ban on the private possession of handguns. Special arrangements will be put in place to allow pistol shooting events at the 2012 Olympics as happened at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. These arrangements will include a warm up event if this is deemed necessary.

Olympic Games 2012

Lord Moynihan: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	When they intend to review the financial package to fund the London Olympic Games in 2012; and whether they now intend to provide direct Treasury funding.

Lord Davies of Oldham: We have no plans to review the public financial support package for the Games.

Olympic Games 2012

Lord Moynihan: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether the proposed changes to the sports facilities at Crystal Palace will be reviewed; and whether these facilities will become a state-of-the-art Olympic training venue in preparation for the London Olympic Games in 2012.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The United Kingdom's well-developed sporting infrastructure will be a vital resource for athletes in preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games.
	The London Development Agency will be submitting its planning framework for the future of the Crystal Palace park and sports centre to the London Borough of Bromley later this year. A major public consultation about the plans will also take place.
	Decisions on the future use of Crystal Palace as an Olympic training venue will be taken by the Crystal Palace management team and the National Olympic Committees.

Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005: Report to Parliament

Baroness Anelay of St Johns: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many persons in the United Kingdom are subject to control orders.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: I refer the noble Baroness to the Written Ministerial Statement which I made on the 16 June (WS 59), which is the first three-monthly report on the exercise of the control order powers.

Research and Development

Lord Taylor of Warwick: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What plans they have to increase investment in research and development from its current level of 1.8 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to the European Union average of 2 per cent of GDP.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: The Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004–14 sets out the Government's long-term objective for the UK economy to increase the level of knowledge intensity in the UK from its current level of around 1.9 per cent to 2.5 per cent by around 2014, and the actions being taken to achieve it.
	The first annual report on the 10-year framework outlines progress towards achieving this target. The annual report will be published on 20 July.

Richmond Park: Robin Hood Gate

Baroness Hanham: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will publish the evidence that led the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to approve the permanent closure of the Robin Hood Gate of Richmond Park by the Royal Parks Agency; and
	What representations were received from the three elected local authorities which surround Richmond Park in respect of the closure of the Robin Hood Gate of Richmond Park; and whether those representations were for or against the closure of the gate; and
	How many meetings the Minister for Culture had with the representatives of local authorities surrounding Richmond Park before agreeing to the permanent closure of Robin Hood Gate of Richmond Park; and whether they will place copies of the minutes of any such meetings in the Library of the House.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The decision to approve the permanent closure of Robin Hood Gate was based on the final report of the trial closure, produced by the Royal Parks Agency's traffic consultants Peter Brett Associates. It was published in December 2004 and is available on the agency's website at www.royalparks.gov.uk. I am arranging for copies of the report to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
	Following the publication of the report we received representations from Wandsworth and Kingston borough councils opposing the continued closure of Robin Hood Gate because of the effect they claimed it was having on local traffic. Although the closure had a negligible effect on their roads, Richmond council also opposed the continued closure of the gate.
	The then Minister for Media and Heritage, my right honourable friend the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh, met elected representatives of the three local boroughs in question on 1 February 2005. A range of issues were discussed surrounding traffic management in the park. The minutes of the meetings are not being placed in the Library because to do so might inhibit the free and frank discussion at future meetings between Ministers and representatives of local authorities and prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs.

Schools: Missing Afro-Caribbean Boys

Lord Roberts of Llandudno: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will provide the names, schools and present location of the 300 African/Caribbean boys aged four to seven who in 2001 were reported as missing from schools in London.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The Government do not hold the detailed information requested by the noble Lord. In the early stages of the "Adam" case, the Metropolitan Police (MPS) wrote to educational welfare officers at each of the London boroughs asking for information on black males between the ages of four and seven years who had not turned up for the autumn term. Around 300 possible names were notified to the MPS and further inquiries by individual officers were pursued in respect of 161 boys. Officers found no evidence that any of these boys had come to any harm.

Tuberculosis: Vaccination

Lord Taylor of Warwick: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Why the schools tuberculosis vaccination programme is to be stopped, despite increasing tuberculosis rates.

Lord Warner: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation have reviewed all the available scientific and epidemiological data and recommended that it is now the right time to change the schools' BCG vaccination programme to a more selective programme based on risk. This new policy reflects the change in patterns of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom.

United States: "Silent Horizon"

Lord Harris of Haringey: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will seek information from the United States Government on the lessons learned by the three-day exercise code-named "Silent Horizon"; and what plans they have to mount a similar exercise to test the ability of government and industry to respond to escalating Internet disruptions.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) works closely with various governments and their agencies to share best practice relating to the protection of the critical national infrastructure. NISCC mounts regular exercises annually to test its capability for dealing with the continually changing threat of disruption.